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Today's movie was a biopic of Australia's infamous bad man Mark "Chopper" Read, hence:

Chopper (2001)

I got this to see Eric Bana in a first or early role. He is scarily superb.

Read was a public menace who had not one ounce of remorse about his bloody career.

That he wasn't killed by some other psychopath is a surprise but as Eric Bana shows him, he is, in his way, intimidating and attractive at the same time. Like watching a rattlesnake on a rampage.

We don't see most of the murderous stuff. No blood. No guts. At least not much.

It is mostly the unrepentant criminal as portrayed by Bana and it is quite a show.

The violence is toned down, we don't see it, but we do see the violent man who wreaked it all.

I think that it is hard to make a good film like this one out of the evil of its main character. Somehow they have carried it off and a part of this is the menacing charm of its star.

Bana is entirely convincing as the criminal who wants good pr.

I am glad I saw it and I would not want to see it again. It packs a lethal threat which could explode any minute. Watching Bana we do not know what to expect as we watch him prowl. I felt like I had to keep on my toes or I was going to see something that I did not want to witness.

I will let you find out if that happens for you or not. The "something".

A 4 out of Netflix5.

Labels: films